Gareth's Blog - Terra Infirma

Objectivity is Subjective

17th August 2012

One of the most frustrating things about this business is the politicisation of environmental issues, and how difficult this makes getting objective analyses. Whether you...

Are product lifecycles getting longer?

15th August 2012

Some interesting anecdotal evidence: I had to make a 'repair or upgrade?' decision on my 4 year old MacBook Pro a couple of months ago....

Weasel Words

13th August 2012

I heard my least favourite weasel words last week: "There is a green thread running through all the decisions we make." This was justification for...

Book Review: The Zeronauts by John Elkington

10th August 2012

John Elkington one of the sustainability field's leading pioneers and in his latest book he looks at those at the cutting edge of sustainability thinking...

Sustainability, Olympic Cycling and the Mission to Mars

8th August 2012

Two things have been massively distracting me from work this week - Team GB's continuing amazing success at the Olympic Games and the Curiosity rover's descent...

Why I’m Not Calling for a Plastic Bag Tax

6th August 2012

There's another big call out for a plastic bag tax in England and Wales. I'm not against such a tax per se, but it is...

Why Bradley Wiggins is wrong on cycle helmets

3rd August 2012

Bradley Wiggins is a hero. Winning the Tour De France and an Olympic Gold Medal in the space of eleven days and bringing a huge...

Happy Birthday To Us!

1st August 2012

Terra Infirma is six years old today! Six years. Blimey. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that I invested the grand sum of £300.00 in...

Green must not mean shoddy

30th July 2012

Last Friday I popped into a high street stationers to pick up some printer paper. They only had two packs of recycled paper and both...

Get Down Off Your High Horse

27th July 2012

Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Get Down Off Your High Horse" and it's about how to (and how...

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